Chapter 401: Brain Bubbles?
Watching several generals stand on the head of the city.
Wang Li did not delay, now for the Han army, time is life.
"This general wants to send troops out of the city to fight, do any of you generals are willing to lead the troops?" Wang Li asked directly.
"General, isn't it okay for the four of us to be on one side?" Zhou Bo said.
"Yes, General!" Yingbu, Fan Xu, and Lu Juan nodded one after another.
In the face of this lineup, many people in the court are vigorously opposed, including Wang Li, who is reluctant to bring these people out in his heart.
But since the emperor made the arrangement, he also admitted it.
Of course, the controversy between Zhou Bo, Yingbu and Lu Juan is slightly smaller.
The most controversial thing in the DPRK and China is Fan Xu.
Because his wife is Lu Pheasant's own sister, and Lu Pheasant is Liu Bang's wife.
Although Liu Bang is dead, Lu Pheasant now lives in Luoyang, but the reuse of Fan Xu, how to look at it makes people feel uncomfortable.
Besides, the Han Dynasty was not without generals who could lead troops to fight.
Even Song Yi, who was rated as not enterprising enough, was not much worse than Fan Xu, as long as he was not allowed to be the main general.
But Wang Bu is not hungry and this is arranged, as for whether these people will rebel or do something.
Wang is not hungry, but he is not worried.
And after seeing the allocation of troops, Wang Li was not very worried.
It's just these four people who are reused, and under them, they are all generals promoted by the Han army.
Moreover, now in the Han Kingdom, the soil for rebellion no longer exists.
In one, do you really think that the emperor is a fool?
Won't some arrangements be made for this?
Wang Buxing once clearly told Wang Li that he could use it boldly and boldly, and he didn't have to worry about loyalty, I had already arranged it.
Although it was not clear why the emperor did this, Wang Li did not really want to figure out this issue.
"General Ben is only going to send one person out!" Wang Li said.
"I'm afraid it's unstable to send someone out, right?" Zhou Bo wondered.
It is normal for the defending troops to send troops out of the city to fight.
No one dictated that the defending troops had to stay on the walls and wait for the enemy to attack.
And the tactics are flexible, like they have so many people now, it is obviously inappropriate for all of them to gather in the city.
Therefore, sending people to fight outside the city to consume the enemy's vital forces and reduce the final defensive pressure is also a common tactical play.
But what does it mean to send only one person out?
Do you keep only one side and give up the other three?
"General, in this way, the pressure on the defenders outside the city is greater!" Lu Qian also agreed.
"Definitely!" Wang Li shook his head directly.
Naturally, there is a reason for Wang Li to do this, but in the face of these generals of his own, Wang Li still needs to explain clearly.
Otherwise, if there is anything wrong in the next battle, it will be a lot of fun.
"The Huns cavalry are numerous, our army is only less than 100,000, and it is necessary to divide the troops to garrison the city, and then divide them into four sides, with a maximum of 20,000 people on each side, if the Huns concentrate their forces to attack, there are facilities to block, and it is difficult to resist 20,000 foot soldiers."
"There is a large gap in the defense facilities, and there is no guarantee that the expected effect can be achieved in all directions, and if you want to cover everything, the final result may be that you are lost on all sides."
"Therefore, General Ben wants to concentrate all the facilities at the north gate, and then send 50,000 foot soldiers out of the city to defend, cooperate with the city wall to cover, and drag the main force of the Huns here!"
"In addition, send two more people to the rear to reorganize the troops, go around the rear from both sides, and directly attack the logistics of the Huns!"
Listening to Wang Li's arrangement, the four of them sighed in unison.
Secretly, the generals from this 'professional class' are still better than these generals from mud legs.
Don't look at these people, all of them are famous generals in history.
But now, their level is actually really average.
Even if it is the most famous Yingbu, that is, the combat effectiveness is stronger, to put it bluntly, this is a weakened version of Xiang Yu.
Zhou Bo, Lu Xuan, and Fan Xue are still rookies who are attacking.
If Yingbu was to be in command of this battle, he would probably rush out with a large army and play a confrontation with the Huns directly.
If Zhou Bo was given command, he would basically defend until the Huns retreated.
Now their abilities have not yet reached the peak, and being able to occupy the position of general is more by virtue of their previous status, and even so, they have been demoted.
Of course, with them, there is also a sense of appeasement.
Not only to appease these officials and generals, but also to appease the localities and people who were once loyal to them.
When the basic plate is bigger, many things need to be fine-tuned, otherwise it is pure fool's dream to pinch everything together.
In the end, Zhou Bo went out of the city to lead 50,000 Han troops in defensive operations.
Yingbu and Lu Juan went to the rear to receive the troops that were rushing over, and then detoured to the back to attack the Xiongnu logistics from both sides.
Fan Xu was left in the city to be on standby, which made Fan Xu feel a little unhappy.
But he also knew that his identity was different from theirs, so he didn't dare to show it.
Next, all the defenders in the city began to get busy.
Collect defensive equipment, mainly to repel horses and plant wooden spikes.
It is said that he went out of the city to fight, but he did not go out of the city to die.
As for the requirements for defense, in fact, the standard is not low at all.
The outermost part is the rows of rejected horses.
When the enemy cavalry arrived, they had to find a way to break through, either dismount and move away, or simply ram away.
But at the same time, you also need to face the bow and crossbow attacks of the defenders.
But whether it was moved away or rammed away, the speed of the cavalry charge slowed down at this level.
Behind the rejection of the horse, there is a half-meter deep and ten-meter-long trap, this is not yet completed, according to the standard, the trap must be at least one meter deep, and then some sharpened wooden sticks are inserted inside.
Since this was not completed, some other means of defense were added.
It is to dig some small pits in all the positions in front of you.
It is twice the size of a horse's hooves and about the depth of a palm.
Don't underestimate this kind of pit, a high-speed galloping war horse, once one foot is stepped into, the lighter one is the person who turns on the horse, and the more serious one, the horse's leg will be broken directly.
Even the horses are so miserable, how much better will the cavalry on him be?
Behind the horse pit, there were rows of rejecting horses, and then there were infantry battle formations.
All in all, the infantry of the first platoon, the farthest distance from the first line of rejection, was about fifty paces away.
But here, the cavalry on the opposite side had to face three lines of defense before they could meet the Han defenders.
Of course, that's not all.
Because Yuyang has often been subjected to the southward movement of the Hu people for hundreds of years, there is also a moat, and the width is not narrow, ten steps wide and two meters deep.
So, if there is enough time, then a whole set of facilities is to reject horses, trap horses, reject horses, trap horses, reject horses, moats.
After this set, the cavalry can still come comfortably under the city wall, even if it is a big luck.
As for speed, there is no speed at all.
It's not that it's not impossible to fill the pit, but according to this design, all the defenses below are within the attack range of the defenders on the city wall, and if you want to bury it, you have to take human lives to fill it.
If you really can't do it, send a team of soldiers out of the city to stop it, anyway, your cavalry can't be fast, and I still have archers on the city wall to cover me.
At the beginning of the battle, Wang Li decided to send troops to fight outside the city, so the location of the first rejection of horses and horse traps was very far, and it was already beyond the support range of the defenders of the city wall.
As night fell, the defenses outside the city were almost complete.
It's almost the arrangement of the three layers inside and the three layers outside.
The horses that were originally used on all sides were all moved to the north gate, almost next to each other.
Knock out the first row, and the second row will also block.
According to this formation, when the Hun cavalry rushed over, there was basically no speed at all.
The scouts kept going back and forth, passing back the previous news one by one.
And the Huns were also attracted by teams of scouts according to Wang Li's arrangement.
Eventually, the Huns spent the night fifteen miles away.
This night, many people had insomnia, some excited, some nervous, and some scared.
An ordinary and ordinary night, but for the Han army, it was particularly difficult.
What did the Huns look like?
How terrible are they?
I've only heard of it before, but I've never seen it.
The emperor said that they were terrible, but Han Xin told them with facts that the Huns were vulnerable.
Two completely different points of view kept colliding and tangling in their hearts.
Finally, a difficult night passed.
As soon as the day dawned, the battalions ate hot minced meat with some steamed cakes.
As recruits who have been on the battlefield and have been recruited, they are no strangers to fighting.
Most people only eat six or seven percent full before stopping, and then put the unfinished steamed cakes on their bodies for later use.
Eating too much is not conducive to action, put some dry food on your body, and nibble on two bites at any time when you are hungry to replenish your strength.
It's something that veterans know.
'Boom ......'
The sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and the ground trembled slightly.
Dust and smoke kept rising, like locusts.
That formation alone was enough to scare the recruits.
Even a veteran was a little stunned when he heard this movement at this moment.
On the city wall, Wang Li stood there calmly, looking at the shadow of the Huns who had just appeared in the distance.
"Array!"
An order was given, and the war drums behind him rang out violently.
The army under the city quickly lined up, their weapons were not as good as the Han army led by Han Xin Guanying, and now the only thing they could rely on was these defensive measures and formations.
'Boom...... Boom ......'
The sound of the horse's hooves became louder and louder, and the neighing of the war horse could be faintly heard.
The frequency of earth tremors is also increasing.
Wang Limeng on the city wall frowned, this Hun has a bubble in his brain?
"Bow and crossbow preparation, General Fan, get ready to go out of the city......"